PSU-owned oil bunks to operate in Tamil Nadu

New Delhi: Oil PSUs have announced that all company-owned, company-operated filling stations will function in Tamil Nadu on Friday.

Of the 4,000-odd fuel outlets in the state, 197 are operated by the oil PSUs -- Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum.

The decision comes in the backdrop of Tamil Nadu Petroleum Dealers Association saying that the retail outlet dealers of all three oil companies would not operate in the state from 6am to 6pm in support of the bandh call given by various parties to protest the Cauvery-related violence in Bengaluru.

"Company Owned Company Operated Fuel Outlets (COCOs) of all three oil companies would remain open on Friday and IOCL will also upload the outlets' name and address on the official Facebook page of the company," a senior IOC official told TOI.